The Yatta Sub-County local authority has been asked to take an active role in the cases involving juvenile offenders before they are taken to court.
This was a recommendation put forward during a meeting at the DCC's boardroom in Yatta on Thursday to forge a way forward for probation officers by area probation officer Henry Mando.
The meeting also came up with an idea that the juvenile offenders’ parent should be involved before committing them to a probation officer as an alternative way of helping them to change although some cases are huge.
Most cases range from stealing to concealed birth that the probation officer has to find a way to help the juvenile to reform most of the time through guidance and counselling and most cases resulted from lack of parental guidance.
Free polytechnics will be introduced so as help cater for increasing number of students who cannot afford the fees and special arrangement to be made in liaison with them to help juveniles who were willing to have technical skills like carpentry.
A new curriculum is still to be piloted as from next year whereby a structure would be formed on the criteria of qualification for the polytechnics that would be standard eight and adult education would be given to juveniles who have not acquired the qualification.
It was also confirmed that the family unit had to be held together to prevent such cases and a lot have to be done to help address gender balance in which women are recognised as heirs.
Yatta has three polytechnics at the moment and they are congested by students.